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Adrían Aldana ([personal profile] adrii) wrote in [community profile] veilbreak2026-02-03 08:53 am
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aaldana 001.

This has already been approved by Verin and leadership. This is not a debate on if we should. It is a debate on how.

We will be going forward with additional experimentation to further stabilise the Neuroclast. To do this, we will be taking volunteers among those who have had an implant that is not TIF. The process will include baseline and progressive scans, temporary monitored linking to the Veil and exponentially increasing exposure to experimental Neuroclast packets while simultaneously stimulating the dorsolateral and ventrolateral PAG when disconnecting from it. The goal is to get below a 4% risk of side effects when disrupting or destroying a node.

This procedure is not without risk, and the risks include: chronic pain (headaches/migraines, shooting or radiating pain stemming from the neck down), paralysis/spastic limbs, death.

Volunteers would need to understand and accept the risks as well as undergo a thorough psychological examination. We would need 3-5 volunteers, and where to source those volunteers is the current issue at hand. My personal preference would be to take volunteers from onboard Mnemosyne. Others have suggested we take volunteers from the unVeiled cities. There is also an option for a mixture from both.

Neither sourcing is without risk. We already operate at a resource deficit, and taking agents further increases that deficit. If that volunteer is in a leadership role, we risk years of knowledge and experience. If we take from the cities, it's a security risk to bring them onboard. Propaganda will spread further of us being like the Architects in that we are choosing not to experiment from within.

We're leaving it up you all to decide how we source volunteers. Again, this will be happening, so spare me the ethics debate of experimenting on humans. If there was another way, chances are we've already tried it.

NIKO.
What's going on with you and Domingo? The flirting is obnoxious. Just fuck already.
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[personal profile] agueyegrey 2026-02-03 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't asking you, Cap.
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[personal profile] philiip 2026-02-03 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I see.

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To be clear, I’ll not be co-piloting with anyone who undergoes this experiment as Aldana has clearly outlined what the risks of disability could be. Safer to just give you a bottle of vodka before take off.
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Phiz

[personal profile] agueyegrey 2026-02-03 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
And if I go through the experiment and they give me a clean bill of health?
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Phiz

[personal profile] philiip 2026-02-03 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
At 30 days? 60? 90? When does this clean bill of health kick in?
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Phiz

[personal profile] agueyegrey 2026-02-03 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Christ, Cap, I don't know! That's for medical to decide!
But they've thrown this grenade into the room now and someone has to dive on it!
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Phiz

[personal profile] philiip 2026-02-03 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, but not my co-pilot. Do you understand what a fucking ballache it is to find someone compatible to fly with?
Edited 2026-02-03 16:21 (UTC)
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Phiz

[personal profile] agueyegrey 2026-02-03 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
But then who, Cap? Who do we decide it's okay to throw on top of this?
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Phiz

[personal profile] philiip 2026-02-03 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
See Niko’s reply and my own to Aldana’s announcement.
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Phiz

[personal profile] agueyegrey 2026-02-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)

So the ideal scenario is we remain up in our spaceship and experiment on people we don't know and that's the comfort?
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Phiz

[personal profile] philiip 2026-02-03 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The ideal scenario is that we don’t risk losing trained operatives to something any unVeiled should be allowed to volunteer for if they’re cleared by Recruitment and Dreamscape.